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Scarborough Fair.

Random # 53 = 74 in base-7; 7 + 4 = 11 lines

i will or i will be soon
   even these torn stories
cascade into Grob's Attack
   chèvrechoutisme
where the turquoise curves shimmer
   the rot almost gone
in the labyrinth alley
   the red fence vanished
i use to find where to turn
   the backyard revealed
i never saw all these years

Budapest, 1955.

"By vast pains we mine into the pyramid; by horrible gropings we come to the central room; with joy we espy the sarcophagus; but we lift the lid— and no body is there! —"

- Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities via @aliner

Montblanc ink pen on paper.